This site is dedicated to the preservation of memory of silent films. Although they were quite important in the evolution of cinema, they remain virtually forgotten nowadays. Since the best way to understand the present is taking an attentive look at the past, here you have some movies, pictures, interviews, etc. on silent cinema. Some occasional material on sound films will also be presented. I hope you enjoy getting to know a bit more about the beauty and sheer fun of these golden oldies.

Frankenstein, a young medical
students, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen
monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée
but on his wedding night he is visited by the monster. A fight ensues but the
monster, seeing himself in a mirror, is horrified and runs away. He later
returns, entering the new bride's room, and finds her alone.

Trivia

Since its original release, the
Thomas Edison "Frankenstein" had been listed as missing; no copies of
the film existed. An original nitrate print finally turned up in Wisconsin in
the mid-1970s.

Prior to the film's rediscovery,
only a few images of Charles Ogle as The Monster were known to exist. Interestingly,
Ogle looks a lot younger in the film than he does in the photographs.

This is one of the only
Frankenstein films where the monster is truly created. All Frankenstein films
that followed assembled body parts from various corpses to make the monster. In
this film, Frankenstein uses chemicals and "potions" to create the
monster. The "creation" scene was made by filming a monster-dummy
burning, and then playing the footage backwards.

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Brazilian, greatly fond of classic movies, specially silent ones. It is a pleasure to understand better how life was like in the past with the help of those films. Moreover, they are quite fun to watch, once you sit down and are willing to see things from another perspective. In case you want to exchange ideas, e-mail me at silentbeauties10@gmail.com and you will be answered as soon as possible.